Improvement in apparatus for oiling fellies, spokes



PRISCUS E. BOMBY, OF ESPY, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN APPARATUS FOR OILING FELLIES., SPOKES, &c.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. l1 1,5 ll, datedFebruary 7, 1871.

I, Perseus E. BoMBY, of Espy, Columbia county, State of Pennsylvania,have invented certain Improvements in Oiliug Fellies, Spokes, and Hubs,of which the following is a speciiication:

Nature and Objects of the Invention.

The first part of my invention consists in so constructing a machine orapparatus as by means ot' it to oil fellies, spokes, and hubs of wagons,carriages, carts, and similar vehicles, without reference to the lengthof the diameter ofthe wheels.

The object is to so permeate the wood with heated oil or any compositionused for such purposes as to efectually exclude wet, whereby fellies arestrengthened and prevented from shrinking and working in the tire; thespokes from shrinking in the fellies and hubs; the hubs from shrinkingand cracking, thus causing the spokes to become loosened.

The second part of' my invention consists in so adjusting the wheel tothe machine or apparatus as to avoid scorching or charring the wood ofthe wheel.

The third part of my invention consists in Soapplying the oil as toaccomplish the end in view in the most thorough manner and in theshortest space of time.

Description ofthe Accompanying Drawing.

Figure l is a perspective view of the apparatusor machine in Workingattltude. Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the same.

` General Description.

ward to throw the tire ott' from the wheel. It is constructed of anythin cheap metal, as Russia iron, brass, copper, or lcomposition of likekind, irm enough to endure heating, its

width varying according to use, Whether one or several wheels are to beacted on at one time.

To the center of the side or sides, as may be required, which curvesupward from two and one-half to fourinches from the main line,

is attached the iron post E, through the top of which passes the ironspindle D, Working up and down in the long slot F commencing at theupper edge of the trough A and continuing suftieien tl y high to receiveand revolve Wheel of the longest diameter.

rlhe wheel is held upon the spindle by the iron pin g, as seen in Fig.2, passingthrough the outer extremity of the spindle, and by theshoulder h, also seen in Fig. 2, fitted to the opposite end of thespindle, and made to hug the iron post E immovably by means of thethumb-screw C.

.A section of the fellies, tenons, and spokes being immersed in theheated oil, as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. l, the Wheel B isslowly revolved, whereby the oil drips over the remaining portion of thespokes, the tenons on the hub ends, and the hubs themselves.

By suspending the Wheel the Wood is not subjected to the danger ofchar'ring by coming in contact with the sides or bottom ot' the heatedtrough, and, by alternately revolving through the oil and air, the wetis more thoroughly expelled than by soaking, and in less time.

Claim.

I claim- The trough,constructed with the upright iron post slotted forthe adjusting ot' the wheel, for oiling fellies, spokes, and hubs, asspecified.

PRISGUS E. BOMBY.

I/Vitnesses:

ISAAC M. KARNEY, S. J. FAUX.

